Live Between Us: Twist My Arm. . at 2:18

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Live Between Us: Twist My Arm. . at 2:18 - intothenight - 12-11-2004

Ok this thread is kind of just personal interest. I was listening to live between us when all of a sudden at the end of one of the verses in Twist My Arm it sounds like Gord says:

Sarnia

I don't know why he would say Sarnia at this point, I just thought it was kind of neat because I'm from Sarnia. After listening to it about ten times I am convinced that is what he is saying. Can anyone confirm?

- joanie - 12-11-2004

Theories on a.m.t-h back in 1997 were:

"Sorry, Gord" (an on-stage collision? Some screw-up?)
"Sorry, girl" (to the poor mare in the lyrics)
"Sorry, folks" (to the audience...for something)

- joanie - 12-11-2004

...and to me it does sound like "Sorry, Girl"

- cferneyh - 12-11-2004

I always assumed it was "Sorry, Girl" as in the "broken-down mare" is going to be put down.

- joanie - 12-11-2004

But since you can't trust those a.m.t-hers, how 'bout the Hipbasers?

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.hipbase.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4669&highlight=sorry+girl+twist+arm">http://www.hipbase.com/forum/viewtopic. ... +twist+arm</a>

- akoso - 12-11-2004

cferneyh Wrote:I always assumed it was "Sorry, Girl" as in the "broken-down mare" is going to be put down.

Although I haven't studied it too much, that was my assumption too.

- intothenight - 12-11-2004

ill give it a listen again, sometimes when you actually know what is said you can hear it.

- intothenight - 12-11-2004

I think if you told someone it said Sarnia they would hear Sarnia, and if you told someone it said sorry girl they would hear sorry girl. .

but sorry girl makes infinitely more sense

- mark - 12-11-2004

it almost has to be "sorry girl" because gord would always point his finger to the ground as if he was pointing a gun.

- das_hips - 12-11-2004

He says sorry girl in the video for Twist My Arm too...

- fingernailsonhull - 12-11-2004

Yeah, he does. He's pointing the finger gun. I'm assuming it's the same on LBU. It certainly sounds like sorry girl.

- Zoo Lion - 12-12-2004

Huh! Interesting thread. I had always taken it for granted that he says 'Sorry Gord!,' for doing something clumsy on stage, or blowing a cue, or something. But it looks like the weight of evidence is with 'sorry girl.' My bad :mrgreen:

- Chris Tanz - 12-13-2004

hey wait ... the front page of the Hipbase has a picture of Gord pointing a finger gun at Paul during the Toronto concert ... and they didn't sing Twist My Arm at that show ...

... surely no one here is comparing Paul Langlois to a broken down mare???!

[I used to think it was Sorry Gord, but now I'm pretty sure it's Sorry Girl, cause that makes a little more sense]

- vicariousmartyr - 12-13-2004

Gord pulls the gun on everyone. He shoots Paul dead every night. Its nothing exclusive to TMA.

And yes, it IS without any doubt 'sorry girl'

- Stephen Dame - 12-13-2004

joanie Wrote:But since you can't trust those a.m.t-hers, how 'bout the Hipbasers?

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.hipbase.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4669&highlight=sorry+girl+twist+arm">http://www.hipbase.com/forum/viewtopic. ... +twist+arm</a>

Those a.m.t-her's are nothin' but trouble. And now that Whorella's dissapeared, what's the point?!

I remember the '97 discussion included somebody who was at Cobo and swore it was Downie knocking over Sinclair's mic stand (ala Heksenketel)

But I still vote "Girl" for all the obvious reasons.